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Is Russia breaking the Geneva Convention by using deadly white phosphorus in Syria?
Daily Mail ^
| 11/30/15
| Imogen Calderwood
Posted on 11/30/2015 5:24:44 PM PST by Libloather
Is Russia breaking the Geneva Convention by using deadly white phosphorus in Syria? Claims that images and footage show incendiary being dropped on civilians
Numerous reports claim that Russia has dropped deadly white phosphorus on civilians in northwest Syria, as its intensive bombing campaign against ISIS continues.
The chemical weapon is banned under the Geneva Convention, because it is highly toxic and can burn through flesh and bone.
White phosphorus, an incendiary also known as WP, is used by armies to illuminate targets during the night or as a smokescreen during the day.
Shocking images posted to Twitter show the sky allegedly filled with the potentially deadly weapon, as it rains down on the de-facto capital of ISIS, Raqqa.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: answerisno; geneva; phosphorus; russia; syria
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To: mkjessup
The Russian Federation is a party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols.
Russian participation is detailed here: RULAC: Russia
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:37:47 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Libloather
Who cares? Kurds are torturing ISIS prisoners.
ISIS: Kill ‘em all. Make it hurt.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:38:57 PM PST
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Navy Patriot
As irregular, un-unifored, non-national troops, I don’t think ISIS fighters get any protection from the Geneva Conventions.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:40:58 PM PST
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Libloather
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:41:04 PM PST
by
Vesparado
(The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
To: SpaceBar
Looks maybe like “chaff” ejected from an aircraft to foil heat seeking missiles?
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:44:52 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Libloather
The first rule of war is win.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:46:18 PM PST
by
marron
To: Libloather
hope so
burn baby burn
i love the smell
yep
well done
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:46:36 PM PST
by
zzwhale
To: Libloather
Gosh I sure hope they are.
L
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:47:03 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Libloather
I’ve been saying for a while now that someone should pull a Dresden on ISIS.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:48:30 PM PST
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes rights)
To: Libloather
HEHEHEHEHEHEHE - Wait until they start using the âWWII version Stalin Organs set up Wheel Hub to Wheel Hub (WWII Style) loaded with Willie - Peteâ. HEHEHEHEHEHE
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:49:57 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Navy Patriot
The Russian Federation is a party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols.
Ok, so they screwed up.
Let ISIS file a complaint.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:50:25 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Islam is the ENEMY of all civilized people. Obama is a Muslim. What's that tell ya?!?)
To: Libloather
More importantly: does Russia care?
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:51:46 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: Little Ray
I believe they are entitled to a summary court of the senior officer on the scene.
No matter, Russia is adhearing to all the applicable conventions including the Hague.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:54:10 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Parmy
Nape would be awesomely effective against these vermin.
Who, by the way, have no standing under any convention, treaty, or gentlemen's agreement.
They rely on, and profit from, our naive grasping at western sensibilities in the face of the savagery their culture calls for.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:54:34 PM PST
by
norton
To: anoldafvet
Willie Peter will burn to the bone as an incendiary and smoke nicely for cover but these are two different devices.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:54:36 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
(.)
To: mkjessup
Let ISIS file a complaint.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:59:12 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Libloather
War is hell.
The Geneva convention always struck me as odd.
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posted on
11/30/2015 5:59:18 PM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Restore Liberty!)
To: Libloather
Some type of spoofing for ManPads? That dispersion doesn’t look much like that of an offensive weapon...
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posted on
11/30/2015 6:08:13 PM PST
by
Tallguy
To: Libloather
They should triple their efforts.
Drop WP by the hundreds of tons.
Leaving nothing but a crater where that accursed town used to be.
Burn a hole to the mantle of the earth.
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posted on
11/30/2015 6:08:16 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Navy Patriot
But ISIS isn’t ... so they are basically urinating into a stiff breeze!
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posted on
11/30/2015 6:10:24 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(If you are reading this then you are one of the 6.5 billion people the NWO wants to kill!)
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